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Ex-Tesla and Freyr team launch sodium-ion ESS startup for ‘distributed hybridisation’ with solar

Energy Storage News

Netherlands-based startup Moonwatt plans to commercialise an energy storage solution for hybridisation with solar using two big technological deviations from today's industry standard - we hear more from the firm's CEO and COO.

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Quarrying’s role in nature recovery celebrated at awards ceremony

Envirotec Magazine

Langford Quarry near Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire was the winner of the Cooper-Heyman Cup for outstanding achievement in quarry restoration. The partnership between Tarmac and RSPB “has transformed an area of 122 hectares of the former sand and gravel quarry into a mosaic of wetlands, lowland meadows, wet woodland and agriculture” The role that quarrying can play in nature recovery and biodiversity gain was celebrated at the Quarries&Nature2025 awards ceremony during March, h

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£13.7 million of e-waste will be generated by April 3G switch-off

Envirotec Magazine

The O2 networks move to switch off 3G next month could see 13 million worth of e-waste generated, according to business waste collection firm BusinessWaste.co.uk. The 3G switch-off on O2s network is expected to affect approximately 4.3 million people across the UK. 1 It could generate an enormous 70,516 kilograms of e-waste, said WEEE specialists with the group, roughly the same weight as 5.9 double-decker buses.

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New electrolytes enable safe, stable and fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

TechXplore

In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies that can be charged faster and store more energy, while also remaining safe and stable over time. Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs), which contain a lithium-metal-based anode, have been found to be promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), which are currently the most widely used rechargeable batteries.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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America’s Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future

POWER Magazine

You may have heard of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), our nations largest public utility and source of cheap, clean, and reliable electricity for 10 million people. You may even […] The post America’s Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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A Second Natural Hydrogen Jackpot Unearthed in Lorraine’s Geologic Goldmine

Hydrogen Fuel News

Frances Hidden Treasure: Unveiling Natural Hydrogen Deposits France has made headlines with groundbreaking discoveries of natural hydrogen , also known as white hydrogen, buried beneath its soil. These findings, located in the Lorraine region, have the potential to disrupt global energy markets by providing an abundant, naturally occurring, zero-carbon fuel source.

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Solar-powered reactor shows potential for creating jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions

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Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable energy sources, such as sunlight. But there are still areas where carbon-based fuel remains the standard, such as in the aviation industry. To address this need, scientists have been working to devise a way to use sunlight to generate solar-thermal heating that could then drive the chemical reactions that are needed to make jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions.

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US energy storage market saw ‘first year of double-digit deployment’ in 2024: Wood Mac

Energy Storage News

According to the Q1 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), energy storage installations surpassed 12GW in 2024.

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ElectricFish’s microgrid EV charging solution installs quickly, cuts grid upgrade costs

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Microgrids are the coming thing in EV chargingincorporating battery storage can mitigate the need for high-power grid connections, making installations quicker and cheaper. ElectricFish has launched a new, fully redesigned version of its microgrid-based EV charger. Called the 350Squared, the system features battery integration and a proprietary power electronics design that the company says delivers faster EV charging and reduces the need for costly grid upgrades.

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The €15M Hydrogen Project That’s Putting Bulgaria on the Clean Energy Map

Hydrogen Fuel News

Bulgarias Hydrogen Ambitions Take Shape with a New Centre of Excellence Bulgaria is charging into the clean energy future with plans to establish a cutting-edge Hydrogen Centre of Excellence in Stara Zagora. Under the banner of the H2START Hydrogen Valley project, this ambitious initiative is poised to position the Balkan nation as a leader in green hydrogen production and export within Europe.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Biodiesel wastewater treatment: Capturing carbon and valuable chemicals

TechXplore

While biodiesel provides a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel, it produces CO2 and hazardous wastewater during manufacturing, requiring extra steps to achieve sustainability. A diagnostic study led by University of Michigan researchers works to improve a process that captures CO2 while treating biodiesel wastewater and produces valuable co-products like fuels and green chemicals.

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Vistra to write off US$400 million from Moss Landing BESS

Energy Storage News

Utility and power generation firm Vistra will write down the value of its Moss Landing BESS to the tune of US$400 million in depreciation expense, its entire remaining book value.

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Eleven companies join project to demonstrate optimized battery production for EVs

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Eleven companies will jointly present their battery cell production project, demonstrating a model production process to scale and optimize robot-assisted production of EV battery cells and packs. Bosch Rexroth, DBR77, EDAG, FANUC, Fraunhofer FFB, IBG, KEYENCE, Lenze, Mybotshop, SCHUNK and Vision Lasertechnik will show how different technologies interact to make production processes scalable and increase resource efficiency.

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BASF Commissions Electrolyzer for Major German Hydrogen Production Project

POWER Magazine

German multinational chemical company BASF has commissioned that country's largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. The company said the 54-MW facility will have an annual capacity of as much as 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen. The post BASF Commissions Electrolyzer for Major German Hydrogen Production Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Collaboration aims to advance graphene use in hydrogen storage and transport

Envirotec Magazine

The Swedish firm behind a novel polymer-graphene composite material, which promises to overcome many of the disadvantages of traditional hydrogen storage methods, has entered a strategic collaboration with UK climate tech startup Levidian, to co-develop new graphene-based polymer solutions for the hydrogen sector and other industries. Graphmatechs flagship technology, Aros Graphene, enables efficient graphene integration and dispersion into other traditional materials like metals and polymers in

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Producing nuclear fusion fuel is banned in the US for being too toxic: Researchers find an alternative

TechXplore

Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers have developed a mercury-free method to isolate lithium-6 that is as effective as the conventional method. The new method is presented in the journal Chem.

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Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis

The Guardian: Energy

Handbook outlines practical ways faith organisations can speak truth to power to help protect planet Christians around the world are being encouraged to take legal action against polluters and those who finance them. In a new climate justice handbook , the World Council of Churches sets out practical ways faith organisations can help protect young people and future generations from the climate crisis.

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Lithium Americas receives $250 million investment from Orion Resource Partners for Thacker Pass lithium project

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Lithium Americas has received a strategic investment of $250 million from funds managed by Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm focused on metal and materials projects, for the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. The target for completion of Thacker Pass Phase 1 is late 2027.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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California governor Gavin Newsom fast tracks 300MW solar-plus-storage project

Energy Storage News

California governor Gavin Newsom has taken steps to accelerate the 300MW Cornucopia Hybrid Project in Fresno County, California, US.

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A Growing Chorus of Concerns Signals Peril for the Biomass Industry 

NRDC onEarth

This International Day of Forests, we can celebrate the increasingly widespread recognition that the biomass industry is a bad bet for our forests and our communities.

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Carbon-negative construction: New method turns CO₂ into strong, fire-resistant building materials

TechXplore

A new method inspired by coral reefs can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, fire-resistant building materials, offering a promising solution for carbon-negative construction.

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Government ‘absolutely up for the fight’ over net zero, Ed Miliband says

The Guardian: Energy

Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is absolutely up for the fight over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of a total desertion and betrayal of future generations by failing to tackle the climate crisis. After a turbulent week for Labour in which it has been charged with abandoning its values by slashing disability benefits, the energy secretary sought to focus

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Voltpost to demonstrate lamppost EV chargers in Connecticut

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Curbside EV charging is the solution to the problem of EV drivers who arent able to install chargers at their homes. Its a red-hot field, and one of the companies targeting this market is Voltpost , which makes an EV charging platform that can be retrofitted to existing lampposts. Now Voltpost has been selected by Connecticuts Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to perform an 18-month project to demonstrate the feasibility of the Voltpost charging platform, in territories served by two

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Step into the spotlight: Apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch: Climate

Calling all tech innovators, startup fanatics, marketing gurus, and emerging VCs this is your moment! You’ve waited long enough, and now the time has come to step into the spotlight at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 2729 in San Francisco.

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Oklo Advances Siting, On Track for Aurora Nuclear Fast Reactor Deployment at INL in 2027

POWER Magazine

Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has signed an Interface Agreement (IAG) with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), marking a key regulatory milestone in the siting and environmental review of its first commercial […] The post Oklo Advances Siting, On Track for Aurora Nuclear Fast Reactor Deployment at INL in 2027 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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New sensor could help prevent lithium-ion battery fires and explosions

TechXplore

Researchers have developed new technology to detect dangerous gas leaks in lithium-ion batteries

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MPs could axe clause in bill banning forced labour in GB Energy supply chain

The Guardian: Energy

Measures blocking companies involved in modern slavery from receiving public money could be overturned Measures that would have blocked companies found to have used forced labour in any part of the state-owned Great British Energy supply chain from receiving public money could be overturned this week. Labour MPs are being whipped on Tuesday to throw out the clause that was inserted into the energy bill in the House of Lords in February.

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Northern Graphite starts sampling LDI graphite for battery anode materials

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Canadian producer Northern Graphite is supplying samples of three standard battery anode material (BAM) products, as well as its Porocarb material, to manufacturers of lithium-ion and solid-state batteries. Northerns demonstrator grades, produced using graphite from the companys Lac des Iles (LDI) mine in Quebec acquired in 2022 , are engineered to drive battery performance and meet industry standards for particle size, tap density and surface area.

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BASF’s Green Hydrogen Giant Could Slash 72,000 Tons of CO2 Each Year

Hydrogen Fuel News

Europes Largest Electrolyzer Unveiled, Paving the Way for Green Hydrogen Revolution Breaking Ground in Green Hydrogen Production A major milestone in clean energy innovation unfolded this week as BASF, in partnership with Siemens Energy , unveiled Europes largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. With the capability to churn out up to 8,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, this state-of-the-art, 54-megawatt powerhouse is designed to reshape industri

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Qcells, Nofar Energy to develop two Texas BESS totalling 350MW/700MWh

Energy Storage News

Subsidiary of Nofar Energy, Nofar USA and subsidiary of Hanwha Qcells, Qcells, USA, have signed an agreement to develop and construct 2 battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas totalling 350MW/700MWh.

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At Block Island Wind Farm, researchers measure impact of wind reductions on energy production

TechXplore

Wind turbines are a key component of renewable energy infrastructure, converting wind energy into electricity to power homes and businesses.

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Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

The Guardian: Energy

Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane at a Queensland coalmine were likely between three and eight times higher than officially reported, according to UN-backed research that flew aircraft over the site.

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